routhnie Friday, January 2, 2015 NEWS: Dog put down after baby attacked /A2 SPORTS: Triathletes dream of 2016 Olympics /A3 HOMEFINDER: LED switch offers big savings /A21 SAANICH NEWS Watch for breaking news at www.saanichnews.com Daniel Palmer/News staff Christine Knox sits at her sewing machine with a near-finished quilt, destined for a patient with mitochondrial disease somewhere in Canada or the U.S. Knox started Quilts for Hope last year after she discovered she suffers from mitochondrial disease, which affects between one in 10,000 to one in 15,000 Canadians. Woman with rare disease ‘sews’ a few good deeds Effects of relatively unknown mitochondrial disease life-changing for Saanich woman Daniel Palmer News staff Christine Knox can no longer do many sim- ple activities like walk to the store or go for a drink in the evening, but she hopes to sup- port others suffering from the same complex disease through her passion for quilting. Knox battled constant migraines, an irregu- lar heartbeat, muscle pain and fatigue for years before doctors discovered she suffers from mitochondrial disease, a debilitating condition where the energy powerhouses of the cells degrade or stop working altogether. “I was sleeping sometimes up to 15 hours a day. It was like having the flu all the time and never recovering,” says Knox, who now takes a strict vitamin and pharmaceutical cocktail to manage her symptoms. Mitochondrial disease includes a variety of genetic mutations in the mitochondrial DNA that can lead to seizures, hearing loss, heart problems and even respiratory failure. One in 6,000 Canadians suffer from the dis- ease but less than 10 per cent are diagnosed, according to MitoCanada, a registered char- ity that provides awareness and support for both patients and researchers studying its effects. Prof. Francis Choy, a human geneticist and member of the University of Victoria’s Cen- tre for Biomedical Studies, is one of those researchers fascinated by the disease and seeking treatments. Choy estimates between one in 10,000 and one in 15,000 people are born with a mitochondrial disease, though he stresses that number is still an educated guess. There’s no cure for the disease and cur- rent treatments are limited to managing symptoms and slowing disease progres- sion, he said. “It’s a complicated diagnosis but it can be done if the practitioner is competent,” Choy said. The disease is terrible in the worst mani- festation, but fortunately many mutations fall below a threshold that still allows patients to live relatively productive lives, albeit with limited activity, he added. In September, Choy and honours thesis biology student Kelly Turner published a paper in the Journal of Molecular and Genet- ics Medicine examining the current meth- ods to prevent transmission of mitochon- drial DNA defects from mother to child, a developing field of biomedical research that includes genetic diagnosis. PLEASE SEE: Local filmmaker, Page A4 Did you know? n Mitochondria are responsible for creating more than 90 per cent of the energy required to sustain life and support growth in the human body. n Mitochondrial disease arises when mutations occur in the mitochondrial DNA. Those mutations can be inherited or occur spontaneously. n Defect in the mitochondrial DNA can lead to damage of the brain, heart, liver, skeletal muscles, kidney and the endocrine and respiratory systems. n There is no cure for mitochondrial disease. Gray Rothnie 250 744 7034 www.graymatters.ca Connected to More ® LAMEENA TERRACE Features include: )LH\[PM\S NYHUP[L JV\U[LY[VWZ 8\HSP[` Z[HPUSLZZ Z[LLS HWWSPHUJLZ +V\ISL \UKLYTV\U[ ZPURZ M[M[ JLPSPUNZ [VW ﾅVVY ]H\S[LK JLPSPUNZ 3HYNL L_[LYPVY KLJRZ HUK WH[PVZ /PNO X\HSP[` SHTPUH[L HUK [PSL ﾅVVYPUN [O HJJLU[ SPNO[PUN )LMVYL `V\ W\YJOHZL H JVUKV `V\ T\Z[ -09:; ZLL [OL X\HSP[` VM [OPZ WYVQLJ[ AMY McGEACHY trend Read her new column! Tips and trends for your home design. THIS WEEKEND’S 8 PAGES, 80,000 COPIES ONLINE ALL THE TIME revweekly.com FRIDAY JAN. 2, 2015 TV Host PAGE PAGE 7 6 SINCE 1977 Real Estate Victoria Pull Out on Page 9 www.mcmullenhomes.ca Thinking of selling? Call 250-881-8225 RE/MAX Camosun EXECUTIVE TOWNHOME - Amazing Oceanfront Views, Arbutus #14-2200 Arbutus Cove Lane $849,000 MLS#342497 LAKEFRONT HOME - Amazing Views Prospect Lake 4901 Prospect Lake Road $1,750,000 MLS#342811 ® ® Thinking of selling? Call 250-881-8225 Marketing Homes Since 1985 with Trust... Service... Integrity ARCHITECTURALLY DESIGNED WITH STUNNING VIEWS 3 beds/3 baths, Cordova Bay 4979 Georgia Park Terrace $1,188,000 MLS# 344280
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NEWS: Dog put down after baby attacked /A2SPORTS: Triathletes dream of 2016 Olympics /A3HOMEFINDER: LED switch offers big savings /A21
SAANICHNEWSWatch for breaking news at www.saanichnews.com
Daniel Palmer/News staff
Christine Knox sits at her sewing machine with a near-finished quilt, destined for a patient with mitochondrial disease somewhere in Canada or the U.S. Knox started Quilts for Hope last year after she discovered she suffers from mitochondrial disease, which affects between one in 10,000 to one in 15,000 Canadians.
Woman with rare disease ‘sews’ a few good deedsEffects of relatively unknown mitochondrial disease life-changing for Saanich womanDaniel PalmerNews staff
Christine Knox can no longer do many sim-ple activities like walk to the store or go for a drink in the evening, but she hopes to sup-port others suffering from the same complex disease through her passion for quilting.
Knox battled constant migraines, an irregu-lar heartbeat, muscle pain and fatigue for years before doctors discovered she suffers from mitochondrial disease, a debilitating condition where the energy powerhouses of the cells degrade or stop working altogether.
“I was sleeping sometimes up to 15 hours a day. It was like having the flu all the time and never recovering,” says Knox, who now takes a strict vitamin and pharmaceutical cocktail to manage her symptoms.
Mitochondrial disease includes a variety of genetic mutations in the mitochondrial DNA that can lead to seizures, hearing loss, heart problems and even respiratory failure.
One in 6,000 Canadians suffer from the dis-ease but less than 10 per cent are diagnosed, according to MitoCanada, a registered char-ity that provides awareness and support for both patients and researchers studying its effects.
Prof. Francis Choy, a human geneticist and member of the University of Victoria’s Cen-tre for Biomedical Studies, is one of those
researchers fascinated by the disease and seeking treatments.
Choy estimates between one in 10,000 and one in 15,000 people are born with a mitochondrial disease, though he stresses that number is still an educated guess.
There’s no cure for the disease and cur-rent treatments are limited to managing symptoms and slowing disease progres-sion, he said.
“It’s a complicated diagnosis but it can be done if the practitioner is
competent,” Choy said. The disease is terrible in the worst mani-
festation, but fortunately many mutations fall below a threshold that still allows patients to live relatively productive lives, albeit with limited activity, he added.
In September, Choy and honours thesis biology student Kelly Turner published a paper in the Journal of Molecular and Genet-ics Medicine examining the current meth-ods to prevent transmission of mitochon-drial DNA defects from mother to child, a developing field of biomedical research that includes genetic diagnosis.
PlEASE SEE: Local filmmaker, Page A4
Did you know?n Mitochondria are responsible for creating more than 90 per cent of the energy required to sustain life and support growth in the human body.n Mitochondrial disease arises when mutations occur in the mitochondrial DNA. Those mutations can be inherited or occur spontaneously.n Defect in the mitochondrial DNA can lead to damage of the brain, heart, liver, skeletal muscles, kidney and the endocrine and respiratory systems.n There is no cure for mitochondrial disease.
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Family dog euthanized after attacking 16-day-old infantPitbull-Rottweiler mixed breed had history of complaints after attacking animalsDaniel PalmerNews staff
A 16-day-old Saanich infant is await-ing surgery with non-life-threatening injuries after a family dog mauled
her early Sunday morning, according to Saanich police.
The incident took place inside a home in the 4000 block of McLellan Road, just off Mckenzie near Glan-ford in the early morning hours of Dec. 28, said Saanich police Sgt. Steve Eassie.
The dog, a pitbull-Rottweiler mixed breed, was euthanized Sunday after-noon, Eassie confirmed.
“I can confirm that the animal had been the subject of complaints dat-
ing back several years for incidents involving other animals,” he added.
No incidents on file involved human attacks or injuries, Eassie said.
“The infant is scheduled for sur-gery but is in stable condition at this point,” he said.
At deadline, Saanich police officers were still contemplating charges for criminal negligence, but the investi-gation is ongoing, Eassie said.
A full ban on kitchen scraps is now in effect at Hartland landfill, which means Saanich munici-pal workers and private company haulers will be fined heavily if organic waste is discovered in dumped waste.
In April 2012, the Capital Regional District board voted to implement a region-wide kitchen scraps strategy. Kitchen scraps include meat, bones, grains, dairy products, eggs, vegetables, fruits and soiled paper products.
While Saanich was one of the first municipali-ties to roll out the blue box recycling program, which started in Gordon Head in 1989, it was one of the slowest to deviate organic waste from its garbage, starting in early 2014.
Current recycling and composting programs divert 46 per cent of the waste stream from Hartland. The belief is that organic materials, such as kitchen scraps, still remove an addi-tional 30 per cent of waste at Hartland. But the issue of where to process all that organic waste is still in disarray. The CRD is now in the pro-cess of sourcing a contract for a kitchen scraps processing facility in, or within proximity of, the Capital Region.
No site has yet been selected, but the con-struction completion date of a processing facil-ity could take up to two years. Until that time, kitchen scraps will continue to be trucked up-Island and barged to the Lower Mainland.
B.C. Transit launchesmore user-friendly website
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The new-look website replaces graphics and a content management system that were more than 12 years old.
Improvements include an easy to view user interface on mobile devices (responsive design); automatic location recognition directing riders to their local BC Transit system; better access to schedule data; customer alerts; ability to sub-scribe to email alerts for specific bus routes (via email; and convenient trip planning for most of our larger transit systems.
Anti-pipeline musicianat Norway House
Touring musician David Rovics’ upcoming Jan. 23 concert at the Norway House is a bene-fit in support of First Nations challenges to pipe-lines. Rovics is an American singer-songwriter who has been outspoken on issues including the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and environmental movements. Show at 7:30 p.m., 1110 Hillside Ave. Tickets $15. Call 250-743-2994 for info.
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Vitamin C is required to manufacture healthy colla-gen, the glue that holds coronary cells together, just like mortar is needed for bricks. Lysine, like steel rods in cement, makes collagen stronger. Two-time Nobel Prize winner, Dr. Linus Pauling reported twenty-five years ago it takes a mere 10 milligrams to prevent scurvy, but several thousand to prevent heart attack.
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Sixteen years ago following my own coronary attack, cardiologists claimed it was sheer madness for me to refuse cholesterol-lowering drugs. Instead, I decided to take high doses of vitamin C plus lysine with breakfast and the evening meal.
I knew that Dr. Graveline, a physician and NASA astronaut, had twice developed transient global amnesia from taking cholesterol lowering drugs (CLD’s). I was also aware that patients have died from CLDs. Others have developed kidney, liver and muscle complications.
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Family dog euthanized after attacking 16-day-old infantPitbull-Rottweiler mixed breed had history of complaints after attacking animalsDaniel PalmerNews staff
A 16-day-old Saanich infant is await-ing surgery with non-life-threatening injuries after a family dog mauled
her early Sunday morning, according to Saanich police.
The incident took place inside a home in the 4000 block of McLellan Road, just off Mckenzie near Glan-ford in the early morning hours of Dec. 28, said Saanich police Sgt. Steve Eassie.
The dog, a pitbull-Rottweiler mixed breed, was euthanized Sunday after-noon, Eassie confirmed.
“I can confirm that the animal had been the subject of complaints dat-
ing back several years for incidents involving other animals,” he added.
No incidents on file involved human attacks or injuries, Eassie said.
“The infant is scheduled for sur-gery but is in stable condition at this point,” he said.
At deadline, Saanich police officers were still contemplating charges for criminal negligence, but the investi-gation is ongoing, Eassie said.
A full ban on kitchen scraps is now in effect at Hartland landfill, which means Saanich munici-pal workers and private company haulers will be fined heavily if organic waste is discovered in dumped waste.
In April 2012, the Capital Regional District board voted to implement a region-wide kitchen scraps strategy. Kitchen scraps include meat, bones, grains, dairy products, eggs, vegetables, fruits and soiled paper products.
While Saanich was one of the first municipali-ties to roll out the blue box recycling program, which started in Gordon Head in 1989, it was one of the slowest to deviate organic waste from its garbage, starting in early 2014.
Current recycling and composting programs divert 46 per cent of the waste stream from Hartland. The belief is that organic materials, such as kitchen scraps, still remove an addi-tional 30 per cent of waste at Hartland. But the issue of where to process all that organic waste is still in disarray. The CRD is now in the pro-cess of sourcing a contract for a kitchen scraps processing facility in, or within proximity of, the Capital Region.
No site has yet been selected, but the con-struction completion date of a processing facil-ity could take up to two years. Until that time, kitchen scraps will continue to be trucked up-Island and barged to the Lower Mainland.
B.C. Transit launchesmore user-friendly website
B.C. Transit has launched a new website with the aim of easier and convenient access to online transit information.
The new-look website replaces graphics and a content management system that were more than 12 years old.
Improvements include an easy to view user interface on mobile devices (responsive design); automatic location recognition directing riders to their local BC Transit system; better access to schedule data; customer alerts; ability to sub-scribe to email alerts for specific bus routes (via email; and convenient trip planning for most of our larger transit systems.
Anti-pipeline musicianat Norway House
Touring musician David Rovics’ upcoming Jan. 23 concert at the Norway House is a bene-fit in support of First Nations challenges to pipe-lines. Rovics is an American singer-songwriter who has been outspoken on issues including the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and environmental movements. Show at 7:30 p.m., 1110 Hillside Ave. Tickets $15. Call 250-743-2994 for info.
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Triathletes in Australia ahead of 2015 seasonTravis PatersonNews staff
Despite enjoying a breakthrough period of consistency that he hasn’t enjoyed for almost two years, Matt Sharpe, 23, is once again looking to crack the national triathlon team.
In early December Sharpe, of Saanich, lost his Triathlon Canada team status. It’s a blow, as he is without the athletic funding necessary to train full time, but it wasn’t exactly a surprise, says Sharpe. It’s cer-tainly not enough to keep him from chasing his dream of competing at the Olympics, as he’s well prepped for the 2015 season.
“I didn't have much of an opportunity to perform (this year) and there were a limited number of (team spots) so the math just didn't work, which is understandable. In the past I've shown success when I can train fairly consistent and I'm currently having a breakthrough period of consistency that I haven't seen in almost two years. There are good signs.”
Sharpe does have an opportunity to receive the funding again if he can perform well in early season races in February and March, which he’s confident he can. He’s in a training group alongside 2014 Common-wealth Games triathletes Victoria-based Ellen Pennock and Sarah-Anne Brault, among others, under the guidance of coach Jamie Turner, the highly praised New Zea-lander that Triathlon Canada brought in last year.
“It would be foolish for me to just give up on (the sport) now … with the invest-ments I made last year and the proximity to the Olympics,” Sharpe says. “For the time being, family will help me continue to train.”
This week, the group is leaving the warm waters of Crystal Pool for the warm air of Wollongong, Australia, where coach Turner was previously based. They’ll actually meet up with a fellow group of Turner’s athletes called the Wollongong Wizards, a designa-tion the athletes quietly rock here in Vic-toria.
“Australia is something we’re excited about, meeting up with people on the same plan,” says Sharpe, who’s spent Canada’s colder months in Spain the past two sea-sons.
The upcoming stint Down Under will make or break not only Sharpe’s season but Pennock’s and Brault’s too, as all three are at a turning point in their careers.
Pennock, 22, and Brault, 25, have goals of their own, as both are looking to improve despite being unable to finish the Com-
monwealth triathlon (one third of starters didn’t) where Saanich’s Kirsten Sweetland won silver. (Sweetland is also headed to Australia in January, though she’ll be based in Noosa. She’ll continue her online coach-ing with Shaun Stephens, the Aussie who also coaches Team Sky, the UCI pro cycling team which boasts Tour de France winners Chris Froome and Bradley Wiggins.)
Triathlon is like that. There are too many variables to worry about winning every race, though there are the obvious stand-outs, such as Rio de Janeiro in 2016.
For Pennock, 2015 is all about the Grand Final in Chicago, her final year in the under-23 category. The former UVic Vikes cross country runner came to Saanich from Cal-gary and won 2011 CIS rookie of the year. Her departure from school to focus on tri-athlon was going well until she broke her
collar bone at the Commonwealth Games in July.
“I wasn’t recovered enough to train until October,” Pennock said. “Initially it was only two weeks until I was walking. There was too much pain, I just walked for a good five weeks.”
Pennock was hoping to race in the open elite category this year but because of the setback, she’s focused on the U23 level for now.
When she started swimming a little over two months ago, it was with a one-arm side stroke.
“It will take time to gain the strength back in the pool but I expect to be on track,” Pen-nock says.
For Pennock’s Fairfield roomate Brault, originally out of Quebec City, there is an expectation to compete at the 2015 Rio de
Janeiro Test Event, Aug. 1- 2. It’s an Olympic qualification, but not the only chance to qualify for the 2016 Rio Games.
“Triathlon Canada will look at all your races, but you know the Rio Test Event is likely the Olympic race course so that’s very inviting,” Brault said. “But really, quali-fying goes until 2016.”
The key thing is showing you’re capable, says Sharpe, who had hoped for more in 2014 but instead experienced a year of inju-ries and setbacks. It kept him from repeat-ing his promising campaign from 2012 when, as a 21-year-old, he earned top-10 finishes in the open category of the Interna-tional Triathlon Union, though he was a U23 level competitor.
“It’s consistency. You can’t drop off,” says Sharpe.
Sarah-Anne Brault, Matt Sharpe and Ellen Pennock show their Ws as members of the Wollongong Wizards. The group of triathletes is headed by Triathlon Canada coach Jamie Turner, who will guide them into the 2015 season, starting with a January training block in Wollongong, Australia.
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While research is still in the early stages, some women with the most severe cases of mitochon-drial disease can potentially have children without passing on their genetic mutations.
“Since the mitochondria are the powerhouses of our cells, they’re super important for the tis-sue that has high energy uses, so the brain or the muscles,” Turner said. “When there’s a defect in the mitochondria, it makes you sick because you don’t have enough energy getting to certain places in your body.”
The disease may be less familiar among physi-cians who graduated before the mid-1980s, when
medical genetics became standard learning in medical training.
But Choy and others continue to offer advanced genetic testing for those suffering from mitochon-drial disease with the goal of developing better treatment and prevention methods.
“Certain vitamin therapies have been shown to improve the symptoms, but it’s so hard to predict how a specific patient is going to react. It’s really an individual disease,” Turner said.
Knox, who gets by thanks to solid disability insurance from her former employer, is now put-ting what energy she has towards the Mito Quilts of Hope project, which raises awareness by send-ing handmade quilts to others with mitochondrial disease.
“In Canada, I’ve got about 30 requests for quilts,” Knox said. “In the U.S., I’ve got over 100 requests. I’ve already sent out about 20 quilts, which take anywhere from three to six months to make depending on the complexity of design.”
Knox is looking for quilting volunteers to help her fill those back orders. She’s also teamed up with local filmmaker Brian Barnard to produce a film about mitochondrial disease and her own journey.
“Relatively speaking, I’ve lived a very full life,” she said. “This is what I can do now to make a dif-ference with the talents I still have.”
For more information on mitochondrial disease, visit mitocanada.org. For more information or to donate to Barnard’s film, search “Mito awareness project” on Indiegogo.com.
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Gingerbread Showcase at Laurel Point Inn to Sunday
Now, that’s sweet.For the sixth con-
secutive year, the Inn at Laurel Point is home to Canada’s National Gingerbread Showcase featuring more than 25 works of 100 per cent edible art by profes-sional and home bakers from across the coun-try.
The annual fundrais-ing event puts these scrumptious creations on display where they will go head-to-head, all in the name of raising funds for Habitat For Humanity Victoria, who are currently building a four-unit townhouse at 4000 Cedar Hill Cross Rd. in Saanich.
This year’s theme focuses on Where Things Live, allow-ing participants to let their imaginations run wild as they dream up homes for snails, Ewoks, and even a little boy’s imagination.
Both the professional and home baker cre-ations were judged and awarded top prizes by a panel of judges.
However, members of the public have the ultimate power by picking the winner of the highest category, People’s Choice, by exchanging a donation to Habitat for Humanity Victoria for a vote.
Ballots and donation boxes are located at the hotel’s front desk and lobby display area (voting for the People’s Choice award closes on Sunday (Jan. 4).
In 2013, the event
resulted in a record donation of more than $21,500 to Habitat for Humanity Victoria, a $5,000 increase over 2012. All funds went towards supporting the building of new homes for lower-income fami-lies living in the Capital Region.
Habitat for Humanity Victoria currently has nine units in Saanich. With the latest addition in Cedar Hill, there will be 13.
The homes are built
half by volunteers and half with paid labour, along with half of the funds being donated by people in the commu-nity.
Before the families can move in, each are required to perform 500 hours of “sweat equity,” in which they participate in the build-ing of their new home.
This year’s ginger-bread entries are on display at Inn at Lau-
rel Point until Jan. 4, open daily from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Judge’s picks for the 2014 Gingerbread Showcase:
n Professional: First – Anne-Marie Fortin, Vic-toria Residential Build-ers Association, It’s All in Your Head; Second – Alicia Campbell, Whit-ney Lee, & April Iver-son, Inn at Laurel Point, The Forest Floor; Third – Helen Siemens, Sid-
ney Pier Hotel & Spa, Vacationing at the Pier.
n Home baker: Tie for 1st – Jennifer Dumont, Life in the Shire and Lulu Sanchez-Laurel, Oh, My Cats!
Second – Crystal Smith and Kaprieli Vataiki, Cloverdale Out of School Care, Christ-mas on Endor.
Third – Tanya Martin, Habitat for Humanity Victoria, Fairy House.
Christmas on Endor by Crystal Smith and Kaprieli Vataiki.
Life in the Shire by Jennifer Dumont.
Vacationing at the Pier by Helen Siemens.
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While research is still in the early stages, some women with the most severe cases of mitochon-drial disease can potentially have children without passing on their genetic mutations.
“Since the mitochondria are the powerhouses of our cells, they’re super important for the tis-sue that has high energy uses, so the brain or the muscles,” Turner said. “When there’s a defect in the mitochondria, it makes you sick because you don’t have enough energy getting to certain places in your body.”
The disease may be less familiar among physi-cians who graduated before the mid-1980s, when
medical genetics became standard learning in medical training.
But Choy and others continue to offer advanced genetic testing for those suffering from mitochon-drial disease with the goal of developing better treatment and prevention methods.
“Certain vitamin therapies have been shown to improve the symptoms. but it’s so hard to predict how a specific patient is going to react. It’s really an individual disease,” Turner said.
Knox, who gets by thanks to solid disability insurance from her former employer, is now put-ting what energy she has towards the Mito Quilts of Hope project, which raises awareness by send-ing handmade quilts to others with mitochondrial disease.
“In Canada, I’ve got about 30 requests for quilts,” Knox said. “In the U.S., I’ve got over 100 requests. I’ve already sent out about 20 quilts, which take anywhere from three to six months to make depending on the complexity of design.”
Knox is looking for quilting volunteers to help her fill those back orders. She’s also teamed up with local filmmaker Brian Barnard to produce a film about mitochondrial disease and her own journey.
“Relatively speaking, I’ve lived a very full life,” she said. “This is what I can do now to make a dif-ference with the talents I still have.”
For more information on mitochondrial disease, visit mitocanada.org. For more information or to donate to Barnard’s film, search “Mito awareness project” on Indiegogo.com.
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Re: Mayor, council clash over top bureaucrat’s $476,000 departure, News (Dec. 19)
Why is Mayor Atwell the focus of criticism over the costly $476,611 severance package for the termination of Saanich’s Chief Administrative Officer, when he played no part in this generous package? Why is the criticism not focussing on those responsible for the overly generous compensation and severance awarded to a CAO with no previous track-record or experience.
Moreover, do we have any evidence the CAO was doing a stellar job or, would be willing and able to strive to fulfil the campaign promises of good governance, transparency, accountability made not only by candidate Atwell, but also, heard at the all-candidates meetings from just every candidate? It is inappropriate to discuss such details in public, so it is unlikely we will ever know the true reason
for the CAO’s departure.In the long-run, will the
departure of the CAO be good for Saanich? Only time will tell. But what we do know is Mayor Atwell was not responsible for the cost of the severance package.
Bob FurberSaanich
Former CAO’s payouttoo rich a contract
I completely agree with Mayor Richard Atwell’s decision to ask for the CAO’s resignation.
I think it is important to be able to work with someone new in this position who is not a leftover
from the previous regime.It is always interesting to learn
(in the process) about these sweetheart deals with which these managers are able to leave.
I find a $476,000 severance for a CAO of a municipality way too rich.
I hope Mayor Atwell can negotiate more reasonable contracts with future managers.
I, for one, welcome the new mayor’s fresh ideas. I think Atwell will be far more responsible with taxpayers’ money than the former mayor as seen here with this ridiculous severance package.
Robert BruceSaturna Island
CAO pay wasn’t Atwell’s doing
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The plummeting price of oil may have a big impact on the Canadian and B.C. economies in the next year or two.
Some of that will be positive, but it is likely that it will be mainly negative.
The price of gasoline (but not diesel fuel) is falling, and that means more money in the pockets of consumers.
This helps us meet other obligations such as rent, credit card bills and onerous child care costs.
If the provincial and regional governments can avoid the temptation to tax this newly found money out of people’s pockets, the fall in prices will likely do more good than harm.
Two bright spots may be a boost in exports if the Canadian dollar remains low, and a much-needed soul searching of the full-steam-ahead approach to oilsands development.
But the negative implications are widespread. There will almost certainly be a fall in economic activity, and particularly job creation.
Many well-paying jobs are concentrated in the oilsands and there are Greater Victoria residents who either work there or work for companies that exploit or supply the oilsands.
There will be no new construction projects in that area, as long as oil prices stay at the $60 to $70 per barrel level. It simply costs too much to produce oil to justify unnecessary expansion during periods like this.
As economic activity is reduced, it impacts taxation to the federal and provincial governments. Alberta, Saskatchewan, Newfoundland and B.C. all are dependent on revenue from oil and natural gas. In B.C., at least one LNG project has been delayed by the falling price of oil, as Asian natural gas prices are tied to oil prices.
More projects could be delayed or even cancelled. It is significant that none of the major LNG players are ready to commit. A fall in economic activity likely means that 2015 will see much lower growth than anticipated, which won’t help the overall Canadian economy.
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After the tragic sinking of the Valencia in January 1906 and the loss of 136 souls, the Canadian government decided that something must be done about the ever-mounting death toll of the area known as the Graveyard of the Pacific.
This patch of stormy water extends from the north of Oregon up to and including the west coast of Vancouver Island.
It is hard to know exactly how many ships have been lost to its frigid depths, but estimates for the number of wrecks along the coast of Vancouver Island alone hover in the region of 475.
One of the most brutal parts of the graveyard is at the entrance to the Strait of Juan de Fuca along Vancouver Island’s southwest coast, between Bamfield and Port Renfrew. This was the exact, inaccessible coastline where the Valencia had met her doom.
Survivors who made it to shore after the ship was wrecked on a reef during a storm faced sheer, 30-metre cliffs which they had to climb, shivering and soaked, only to find themselves in a dense forest, alone with the howling winds and unseen predators.
There was a rickety telegraph line that cut through the dense temperate rainforest, and this they followed until they found a small linesman’s shack where they finally were able to communicate with the Carmanah Lighthouse Station to get help.
The rescue ships that eventually arrived could do little when they approached from the water lest they too be wrecked, and the area was so remote that it was impossible to approach quickly by land.
The intense tragedy and human drama of the story
hit headlines across North America and prompted a public outcry to ameliorate the situation.
Vancouver Island was still remote and wild, yet there was a busy shipping corridor through the Strait of Juan de Fuca which brought hundreds of boats into the busy harbours of Victoria, Vancouver and Seattle.
In response, the Canadian government conceived the “Dominion Life-Saving Trail” which is known as the West Coast Trail today. They embarked on a two-year plan to upgrade the rickety line of telegraph wires into a life-saving system.
Along this 74-kilometre
route between Bamfield and Port Renfrew they first built the Pachena Point Lighthouse in 1908 to warn ships that approached too close to the jagged reefs along the coastline.
Then, the narrow path had been cleared for the telegraph lines was widened and made more accessible for rescuers and survivors alike.
Signposts were added to help survivors determine just where they were. Small shacks were also constructed at eight-kilometre intervals along the trail and equipped with multi-lingual maps and directions for navigating the trail, rations, blankets and the basics for survival.
The Bamfield Lifeboat Station was also built and equipped with a state-of-the-art 36-foot motorized lifeboat. It was the height of modernity when it was commissioned in 1908, and hundreds of these boats came to be used in coastal communities across North America.
By the 1950s, the Dominion Lifesaving Trail had fallen into disrepair. The first half of the 20th century had brought some
rapid changes in technology which led to a corresponding decrease in the number of shipwrecks along Vancouver Island.
Radar came into common use in the late 1930s, and during the course of the Second World War the U.S. perfected the Long Range Navigation System (Loran), which uses pulsed radio transmissions between ‘master’ and ‘slave’ stations to form hyperbola (called loran lines) which intersect to show the position of the ship.
Then, of course, in the 1970s the global positioning system began to supersede other navigational systems. Though there are still ships and souls
lost in the area, today the number is minimal.
The last major shipwreck along the West Coast Trail was of the Russian tanker Uzbekistan in 1943. Though the ship was destroyed, all souls aboard the vessel were saved.
Today, hikers regularly encounter the remnants of the many lost ships which litter the shore along the trail. Boilers, anchors, boxes, splintered bits of decking, even pieces of steam funnels protrude from the sea or lie
abandoned on the sand. This wreckage is protected
by law; it is illegal for anyone to remove the debris of ship wrecked more than two years ago.
In 1973 the West Coast Trail became part of Pacific Rim National Park Reserve and was upgraded.
Today it is used for recreational hiking and camping, though anyone who has travelled its length will testify that it is still a treacherous route. Approximately two per cent of those who attempt the trail will require emergency rescue services to get them out.
It is consistently rated as one of the finest hikes in the world, but the West Coast Trail remains a visible testament to the powerful hand of Vancouver Island’s natural forces and to the lives lost to, and saved from, its unrelenting grip.
•••Kate Humble is an historian
and the education curator for the Maritime Museum of British Columbia. Questions can be sent to: [email protected]
West Coast Trail born from marine tragedies
Kate HumbleMaritime History
Maritime Museum of B.C.
Shipwreck debris found along the West Coast Trail. The wreckage is protected by law.
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2162 EPWORTH STREET $629K MLS 345000Exciting 1908 character 5 bd, 2 bth home worth attention. Top floor featuring 2 bd, den, gas f/p, open living/kit. & addt’l air tight stove. Home raised with addition of lower in ‘96. Separate entry, 5 piece bth & addt’l 3 bedrms on lower. Recent improvements include roof, elec. & HWT. Period era features include 9’ ceilings, fir flooring, water closet, leaded glass window and more. Catch morning/late sun from 2 porches! Versatile floor plan functions well for extended family and exchange students w/ separation between floors and 2 laundry. Make handy use of established gardens, detached garage, storage shed and lane access. Central and desired location; close to schools, beaches, shopping and more.
Explore an opportunity with an executive Penthouse at Tuscany Village. Sunny south westerly exposure with floor to ceiling windows and views of the Sooke Hills and Olympic Mountains. An excellent opportunity to live in a desirable village community, close to all amenities, bus routes, Uvic, Camosun and Cad-boro Bay Beach. This home features hardwood floors, granite countertops, a spa inspired bathroom and 10 ft ceilings with large skylights. The Kitchen fea-tures hardwood cabinets, granite countertops, and state of the art Kitchen Aid stainless steel appliances. Tuscany Village offers a spacious outdoor patio with individual garden plots and excellent community outdoor living.
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Milo, our 15lb terrier cross, has become the patriarch of our family over the past three years and occupies a huge part of my heart. He has been the namesake for one of my furniture design collections, the inspiration for many neutral colour palettes, and has had two guest appearances on my TV show Trend (which airs weekly on Chek.) Pet lovers can relate to my adoration for this little guy when I speak of the warmth and compassion that our furry friend brings into our home. However, I am sure that you can also relate to some of my frustrations when making the home pet friendly, while maintaining a lovely looking space. Copious amounts of hair or fur, scratching of your furniture and the occasional accident on your favorite area rug are just few challenges that may present themselves. On the other hand, with a little extra planning you can make your coexistence much easier. While each pet is a little different in their needs and requirements, here are some tricks that have worked for our family.
One suggestion is to choose materials for your furniture that are extremely durable and compliment your pet’s hair colour. I am extremely lucky that Milo fi ts into my obsession with all shades of grey (purely by coincidence). I have chosen furniture that is within the grey tones and in fabrics of ultra suede and leatherette for the main pieces. While leather is also a very durable option, I found that leatherette was a better option for us. They exceed up to a 500,000 double rub count, making them less likely to puncture
from little claws and can be wiped down with mild soap and water (no leather conditioning or special cleaners required.)
Having hard surface fl oors, with good quality area rugs has been a blessing for our pet friendly home. While we realize that investing in an expensive area rug at this point isn’t practical for us, having the option to take a mid-range, good quality rug out of the house to have it professionally cleaned or replaced if it is unsalvagable is a more economical option than replacing wall to wall carpeting throughout the entire home. If you have a large dog that will mark softer hardwoods with their claws, a durable luxury vinyl plank, tile or laminate fl oor may be the best option for you.
One project I embarked on was the dog bathing station that I set up in our laundry room. Of course I was inspired by one of the many ideas found on pinterest. Milo is fairly small, and doesn’t need a lot of elaborate features. I installed a faucet with a hose attachment, deep laundry tub and shelves with many small baskets for organizing the tools needed to get the little guy spick- and-span after a long hike or walk.
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One of my go-to leatherettes for furniture is Turner Chinchilla by J.Ennis Fabrics. It has a 500,000 double rub count and looks great with most decors
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HAVE YOUR SUPER BOWL PARTY HERE!!
New MLS 343906 $333,900The 612 sqft enclosed yard with covered patio is perfect for BBQ during the game. Upgraded sur-round sound wiring for excellent game coverage, beautiful granite counters for snacks and conversa-tion during the game. The beautiful spa/gym/pool or Infrared Sauna can be enjoyed by people not so in-volved with the game. Close to bus routes so transport home before and after is an easy solution. Call today for private viewing. Plan your next Super Bowl Party here in your new home.
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$209,900OPEN HOUSE SUNDAY 2-4215-1505 CHURCH AVENUE
This very bright, corner condo will have your heart humming sweetly because you’ll never have to experi-ence weather doldrums again. There is even a lovely view of Mt. Tolmie from most windows. Very ef cient layout with kitchen, dining room and living room all on one end and bedrooms, bathroom and insuite laundry on the other. Two enclosed balconies expand your liv-ing space and enjoyment of those views. Very well run complex. This 55+ building is just the quiet place to call home and it’s a short walk to shopping and bus routes as well. Small pet okay.
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- Still under warranty- Vacant and immaculate!- Upgrades, sundeck, secure parking- Extra storage, elevator and more!- Call to view today!- MLS 344445- www.craigwalters.net
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*BRAND NEW $399,900*- 1,513 sqft 3 bedroom 2 bathroom- Major appliances, covered parking, more!- Sunny spacious patio- Full warranty, full appliance package- Located in convenient Central Saanich!- Net tax now included!!!- www.craigwalters.net- MLS 339926
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ONLY $849,900New MLS 345041 $849,900It’s hard to believe this ultra private sanctuary is a peaceful 20 minute drive from major shopping. The one owner custom home boasts 3,800 square feet of living space with high ceilings, oversized windows, super gourmet kitchen, great room and family dining. 4+ bedrooms with a wonderful master suite, exer-cise room, games room and large private mountain and ocean views from 4 terraces. Bonus: detached garage with full bath. Come create the memories of a lifetime. MLS 345041.
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$319,900Excellent opportunity to get into Real Estate market for young fami-ly or downsizing. Some units just completed and ready to occupy. Over 1,300 hundred sqft of quality living area with 3 bedrooms, 3 bath, den, wood cabinets with granite counter tops, garage, carport and more. Quiet no through road, next to Galloping goose trail. Price in-cludes GST, 6 appliances, blinds and more. Few units under con-struction with large 2 or 3 bdrms, still time to choose your colours and xtures. Donít miss call now for nancing details and more. DoddTeam.ca
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(OFF FLEETWOOD) $719,000Start the new year 2015 off right. Come and be impressed awesome brand new home just completed. Located at the end of Fleetwood on a cul de sac. Quiet location. Egret Close. Traditional covered entry. Kitchen w’ island. Living room/din-ing room. Not one but 2 master bdrm with 4 and 5 pce ensuites, large walk-in closet. 4 pce bath on main oor. Laundry on main. Large family room. 4 bdrm upstairs. Wood oors. Of ce w/bar. Crawl-space. Bonus 1 bdrm legal suite w/separate electric meter so costs of oaded to tenant. On demand hot water, gas forced air heat w/ heat pump. South facing rear yard. Fully landscaped. Min to Lakewood elem, Costco shops, movie theatres and all conveniences. GST includ-ed. Brand new & nothing to do- come see for yourself!!! 2/5/10 warranty. MLS 344358. $719,000.
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208-2031 MALAVIEW AVENUENew MLS 345076 $110,000Share sale of well established cus-tom woodworking business in Sid-ney. Focused on yacht interiors, ex-teriors, decks + home & businessinteriors. Whether a boat, home or business they offer craftsmanship, creativity, service & outstanding value. This is the right time to take over a turn key operation as owneris retiring. Do not approach direct-ly.
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906-732 Cormorant$359,900
Fantastic 9th floor southeast corner suite in the Cora-zon This 2 bedroom suite offers outstanding views ofthe city, ocean and mountains. The moment you enterthe suite you will love the floor to ceiling windows thatenhance the view. Terrific open floor plan with efficientkitchen featuring stainless appliances. A generousmaster suite with cheater en-suite bath with amplecloset space and the nearly 9ft ceilings give you every-thing you could need. Unique zoning for the building al-lows for legal short term rentals, pets allowed and agreat onsite caretaker make this a worry free home.Secure parking and additional storage in a downtownconcrete building, just move right in!
285 Island Hwy.$469,900
Level .21 acre property with a 2 story, 4 bedroom, 2 bathhome set well back on the lot featuring fresh stucco, newroof, a new rear deck, new gas tankless hot water, newappliances, some new windows, new driveway and a fin-ished workshop on the lower level offering 3 work-benches and power for a welder and compressor++(-suite potential). The floor plan features a formal frontentry, generous living room with gas fireplace, 2 bedsand a bath on the main and 2 beds and a bath up. Thishome is in great condition with many character featuresincluding inlay-ed oak and fir floors, coved ceilings, pe-riod fir trim, wood windows and a large eat in countrykitchen overlooking the south facing rear yard and deck.A great family home or holding property.
1446 Dallas - SOLD1450 Dallas Rd. Still Available!
$1,395,000Another Quality home built by Prodigy and developedby RM2 development inc. Designed by Zebra this DallasRoad ocean view home will be built to exacting stan-dards in one of Victoriaís iconic locations. Offering un-obstructed south views of the waterfront OlympicMountain range this home will feature radiant in floorheat, hard surface counter-tops, large commercial gradelow E windows, security system sound and vac roughedin, landscaped with sprinkler system, contemporary de-sign gas fireplace, energy efficient front loader washerand gas dryer, Smart wiring options and more. Locatedclose to Beacon Hill Park, Cook St Village and walkingdistance to Downtown. Call now! MLS 329624 & MLS329622.
1491 Honeysuckle Pl.$724,900
Beautiful log construction home on 1 acre. Located atthe end of a quiet cul-de-sac and backing onto a regionaltrail system and green belt, this bright and sunny prop-erty has been fenced and cross fenced, is currentlyhome to sheep and chickens and easily adapted forhorses. The level entry open concept main floor featureslarge wood frame windows a beautiful master bedroomwith en-suite bath, field stone fireplace, family room withwood stove and vaulted ceilings showcasing the log con-struction. A double car attached garage, daylight walk-out lower level & separate drive in workshop, concretetile roof, new hardwood floors and fresh paint completesthe picture. Exceptional original construction and im-possible to replace at this price.
208-1370 Beach Drive$699,900
Spectacular 1518 sqft home in a concrete and steelbuilding located across from Oak Bay and the Marinawith 2 parking stalls and a resident manager. Trans-formed through a tasteful and seem-less renovation, thefloor plan has been beautifully adapted to modern life.High end hardwood floors, new baseboards and crownmolding, new switch plates and lighting lend a sophisti-cated feel to the home. The open concept plan featuresquartz countertops and marble backsplash, new cabi-netry with eating bar and computer station and new ap-pliances. A new marble finished fireplace createswarmth and focus to a space that is ideal for entertain-ing. A light and bright easy care home with a south eastexposure in a fantastic location. Your new home awaits.
7445 Thornton Hts $369,900
Panoramic ocean and mountain views from this easybuild nearly level hilltop half acre lot at Silver Spray. Thisfully serviced lot is ideally located in the subdvision off-ing excellent privacy bordering East Sooke park to theeast and a green belt to the north. The elevation of theproperty is ideal offering spectacular views spanningEast Sooke Park’s shoreline, the straits of Juan de Fuca,the snow peaked Olympics and Secretary Island to thespectacular sunsets over the Sooke Hills and the openPacific. The gentle slopped driveway leads up to yourhilltop building site offing secure views without much sitepreparation. Covenants are in place securing the views,building style and uses in the development protectingyour investment.
3330 Maplewood Rd.$524,900
Beautiful 1949 Maplewood home ideal for the profes-sional couple, single parent or new family. Situated on 2legal lots with a west facing rear yard backing onto a 3.7acre natural park which offers panoramic views of thecity and water plus amazing sunrises and sunsets. Thekitchen, living and dining rooms open out to a level, pri-vate west facing 270sqft patio, great for entertaining.Features include a fully renovated kitchen, gorgeoushardwoods, separate dining area, spacious rooms andtwo wood burning fireplaces plus potential for a mort-gage helper on the lower level. There is a large doublecar garage at the south end as well as a large workshopattached at the north which could be redeveloped intoyour home office or studio. Great Value!
405-1028 Balmoral$219,900
Light and bright Top floor suite, completely renovatedwith new floors, kitchen and bathroom, crown moldingand fresh paint. An ideal 1 bedroom, 1bath home in aconvenient village location. Walking/biking distance todowntown and shopping. Whether you are a first timebuyer, investor, or looking for a pied de terre have a lookat this one! Available for immediate occupancy with se-cured parking and storage! This small, well-run complexoffers a true sense of community with modern featuresincluding in-suite laundry, elevator and balcony. Walkingdistance to everything. Steps from shopping, restaurantsand parks. Flexible ownership with no age restrictions,rent-able and pets welcome. Small dog (under 15 lbs)or cat. Call now!
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Located at the top of the Latoria Walk community, “The Terraces” offer beautiful southern views towards the Olympic View Golf Course and to the Olympic Mountains beyond with over 40 acres of pristine park-land at your doorstep. Priced from $639,900 with over 3,000 sq.ft, these executive patio homes offer spacious living and superior quality in an exclusive gated community. Features include forced air heating with heat pump, hardwood fl oors, granite counters, open concept kitchen, S/S appliance pkg., custom built wall unit with fi replace, low-E windows, patio areas fully landscaped with complete irrigation. www.latoriawalk.com
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Fabulous area of North Ridge, quiet no thru street. This 1980’s home has been lovingly maintained and renovated to today’s standards. Newer roof, windows, insulation, siding, decks and railings, kitchen addition. Brand new kitchen with granite counter tops, all new appliances. large living room with vaulted ceiling and wood burning fireplace over looking Copley park and the football field with sunny Olympic mountain views. 3 bedroom main floor with large master bedroom with 4 piece ensuite. Lower level has 2 more bedrooms and 3pce bath plus family room and double car garage. Plenty of parking here. Call now for an appoint-ment to view one of the best homes you’ll find in North Ridge.
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1/2 AcreLEVEL Building LotCentral SaanichJust off Mt. Newton.SPRING BUILD! $425,000
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Whether retiring or startingout, buy with as little as5% down! Safe, secure, quiet!3 bed 2 bath 1991 d.wide, newer roof, updated laminate flooring, large deckfor BBQ. Nice park. Long termpark rental agreement til 2050.Low pad fee of $350 p/m. $139,900
Central Park Area4 legal suites,1 two BR, 1 one BR,2 Bachelors$539,900
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It was a merry start to Christmas for Greater Victoria beer lovers as B.C.’s newest craft brewery, Cate-gory 12 Brewing, opened on Dec. 17 at 2200 Keating Cross Rd.
The first and only modern brew-ery in Central Saanich boasts a tast-ing room where craft beer enthusi-asts can refill (or purchase) two litre growlers with fresh beer and 650 mL bottles.
It opened with such appeal that on-site fill-ups are currently unavail-able until mid-January, though a handful of local pubs and restau-rants are well stocked for the new year.
Category 12 was long in the mak-ing, founded by microbiologist Michael Kuzyk, who’s spent years tinkering with the science of beer at home with his partner Karen.
“I started home brewing during grad studies first as a necessity, but it quickly became a passion of mine. I wanted to turn my passion into my full time occupation so I could really explore the creativity of industrial fermentation and, most importantly, share it with others,” Michael said.
Until Category 12 came to frution, Michael, a PhD in microbiology and
biochemistry from the University of Victoria, had been practising as a professional scientist.
The brewery is launching with a saison (wheat style) and a Black India Pale Ale, with a pale ale soon to come.
The brewery’s focus will be on Bel-gian influenced beers and the cur-rent trend of Pacific Northwest style beers. Two additional seasonals will be available throughout the year.
“We wanted to make it clear that we are here to make creative styles and experiment. We have to stand out in a competitive market. I think craft beer fans will immediately understand what we are trying to accomplish when they taste our first two beers,” Michael said.
The Keating industrial area is a fitting location as hops were once a staple crop of the North and Central Saanich farming communities a cen-tury ago.
To try a Category 12 beer, head to The Beagle Pub, Garricks Head Pub, The Churchill, The Drake Eat-ery, Pizzeria Prima Strada , The Moon Under Water Brewery & Pub, Spinnakers Gastro Brewpub or find bottles at many private liquor stores around town For more information visit category12beer.com.
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Saanich Midget AA captain Callum Brassard fends off several Alaska Oilers players on Sunday, Dec. 28, at the Richmond Oval during the 34th Richmond International Tournament. Saanich won the round-robin game 6-1, then defeated the Seafair Islanders 5-2 later that day.
Deadline looms for spring ball hockey
The Saanich Braves Midget B team greets 2015 with the Victo-ria Ice Hawks Midget Classic tournament, welcoming some of the best midget teams from Vancouver Island and the Mainland Jan. 2 to 4, scattered across the region’s areans.
Saanich takes to the ice today (Jan. 2) at CFB Esquimalt’s Naden Arena, where they’ll face a strong Port Alberni Valleysquad at 1 p.m. Jan. 3 brings two games: 7:15 a.m. against Surrey, then 1:15 p.m. against Kerry Park. Both games will be at Oak Bay Rec Centre. The gold medal game will be played Jan. 4 at 9:35 a.m., also at Oak Bay.
... Back home at Saa-
nich Minor Hockey’s home arena, the asso-ciation’s two top Pee Wee teams co-host the SMHA Pee Wee Rep Tournament Jan. 2 to 4. Saanich’s T2 team faces the North Van-couver Storm Jan. 2 at 1:30 p.m., the Juan de Fuca Grizzlies T2 Jan. 3 at 10:30 a.m. and theVictoria Ice Hawks T2 at 4:15 p.m. Saanich’s
T3 team takes on JDF T3 Jan. 2 at 9 a.m., the Alberni Bulldogs T3 Jan. 3 at 9 a.m. and the Coquitlam Chiefs T3 at 3 p.m. Playoffs start bright and early Jan. 4, with the first games taking to the ice at 7:55 a.m. All games are at Pearkes Arena.The Saanich Braves
Junior B boys return to the ice tonight (Fri-day, Jan. 2), hosting the Nanaimo Buccaneers at 6:30 p.m. at Pearkes Rec Centre before enjoying another week off from league play.
... The local high school
basketball season jumps back into action this week with a host of games on the calen-dar. Highlights include a very busy Jan. 6 when Spectrum’s senior girls visiting Belmont and Claremont hosting Stelly’s, both going at 5:45 p.m. Claremont also hosts senior boys basketball action with Belmont visiting at 7:30 p.m. Spectrum’s senior boys visit St. Michaels and Reynolds hosts Stelly’s, with both games tipping off at 7:30 p.m. Pacific Chris-tian’s senior teams are both in action at Glen-lyon Norfolk School with the girls hitting the hardwood at 5:45 p.m. and the boys following at 7:30 p.m. For the full schedule, see loweris-landschoolsports.ca.
... The Vancouver
Island Ladies Field
Hockey Associationreturns to the Univer-sity of Victoria turf Wednesday, Jan. 7, when Lynx 1 take on the Mariners at 6:30 p.m. League play con-tinues in earnest Jan. 10 and 11 with nine games on the calendar.
... Looking forward to
the spring ball hockey season, Victoria Minor Ball Hockey is accept-ing applications for head and assistant coaches in all divisions. Those interested are invited to complete the application at https://itgroove42.wufoo.com/forms/z2f8m4t1mr12ts/ by Jan. 31.
... The University of
Victoria Vikes get back in the action Jan. 9 and 10 when the men’s and women’s basketball teams face the Prai-rie winter in a Canada West match-up against Winnipeg’s University of Manitoba. The Vikes will be in town the next weekend, when Mani-toba makes a return visit to McKinnon Gym Jan.16 and 17.
Camosun Chargers men’s and women’s basketball squads host Vancouver Island Uni-versity Friday, Jan. 9 at the PISE gym. The wom-en’s game will start at 6 p.m. while the men tip off at 8 p.m.
- Devon Gall is an avid sports fan and athlete attending Grade 12 at Mount Douglas secondary.
It was a merry start to Christmas for Greater Victoria beer lovers as B.C.’s newest craft brewery, Cate-gory 12 Brewing, opened on Dec. 17 at 2200 Keating Cross Rd.
The first and only modern brew-ery in Central Saanich boasts a tast-ing room where craft beer enthusi-asts can refill (or purchase) two litre growlers with fresh beer and 650 mL bottles.
It opened with such appeal that on-site fill-ups are currently unavail-able until mid-January, though a handful of local pubs and restau-rants are well stocked for the new year.
Category 12 was long in the mak-ing, founded by microbiologist Michael Kuzyk, who’s spent years tinkering with the science of beer at home with his partner Karen.
“I started home brewing during grad studies first as a necessity, but it quickly became a passion of mine. I wanted to turn my passion into my full time occupation so I could really explore the creativity of industrial fermentation and, most importantly, share it with others,” Michael said.
Until Category 12 came to frution, Michael, a PhD in microbiology and
biochemistry from the University of Victoria, had been practising as a professional scientist.
The brewery is launching with a saison (wheat style) and a Black India Pale Ale, with a pale ale soon to come.
The brewery’s focus will be on Bel-gian influenced beers and the cur-rent trend of Pacific Northwest style beers. Two additional seasonals will be available throughout the year.
“We wanted to make it clear that we are here to make creative styles and experiment. We have to stand out in a competitive market. I think craft beer fans will immediately understand what we are trying to accomplish when they taste our first two beers,” Michael said.
The Keating industrial area is a fitting location as hops were once a staple crop of the North and Central Saanich farming communities a cen-tury ago.
To try a Category 12 beer, head to The Beagle Pub, Garricks Head Pub, The Churchill, The Drake Eat-ery, Pizzeria Prima Strada , The Moon Under Water Brewery & Pub, Spinnakers Gastro Brewpub or find bottles at many private liquor stores around town For more information visit category12beer.com.
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As the final stretch of the Van-couver Island Junior Hockey League season nears, it’s a great time to reflect on the paths of ex-Saanich Braves.
A great many VIJHL players used the league as a developmen-tal stepping stone to the next level of their hockey careers, be it at the Junior A and major junior level, college and university, or pro.
The most notable example at the moment being Matt Irwin of the San Jose Sharks and Adam Cracknell of the Columbus Blue Jackets, who both donned the red, white and black of the Saan-ich Braves.
The VIJHL has gained a great reputation over the past 10 years as a superb developmental league for players and in that regard, the Braves are one of the top teams
in the league at moving players to the next level.
This is thanks to co-owner/GM Norm Kelly and head coach Brad Cook, who take a proactive approach to use their connections in the hockey community to find players who will fit the Braves’ mandate.
Cook is known for his dedica-tion to development and the sacri-ficesneeded to win at the Jr. B level, having long ago said, “While win-ning championships is nice and what both players and coaches compete for. But I'd rather coach 10 years in this league and not win any (if it meant) I moved five or six players per year on to the next level. I would be satisfied with that kind of program success.
“When you have that success of moving guys on to the next level, ultimately that's what we are here for. We are a stepping stone and a development league through and through and that's what I try and live by. I will never hold a kid back, I want kids to be gone.”
However, it’s a perpetual dou-ble-edged sword as moving a player up usually means you lose a quality player from the cur-rent roster. Witness the case of Braves forward Nick Guerra, who
both last year and this year, split time between the Braves and the Junior A Nanaimo Clippers of the BCHL and who recently departed the Braves as the team’s leading scorer to play full-time with the Clippers.
And Guerra’s not the only Brave on this year's roster to have spent time at the Junior A level, including Hunter Atchison (Trail Smoke Eaters) and Connor B i r m i n g h a m ( C h i l l i w a c k Chiefs). In fact, Seamus Magu-ire recently returned to the Braves after spending all of last season and the first part of this season with the Junior A Flin Flon Bombers in the Sas-katchewan Junior Hockey League.
As to former Braves enjoying success at the next level, one need not look too far back to see a long list of Braves now playing at the Junior A or college level.
Jake Daughtry (2013-2014) is now seeing regular ice time at the University of Central Oklahoma, and is skating along fellow Braves alumni Chad Roorda (2011-2013), Trevor Yee (2008-2010) and Gaven
Hohl (2009-2010). The 2012-2013 season was a
particularly strong class of gradu-ating Braves. Leading the charge was 2012-2013 captain and for-mer VIJHL MVP Ty Jones, who is now at the University of Okla-homa. Sam Johnston and Justin
Polischuck are in their second year with the Adrian Col-lege Bulldogs (Michi-gan) in the American Col-
legiate Hockey Associa-tion (ACHA). Defence-man Brandon Parmar - older brother of cur-
rent Braves forward Jordan - played a season for the Uni-versity of Victoria in the B.C. Intercol-
legiate Hockey Association. Cole Golka went on to play Junior A with the LaRonge Ice Wolves (SJHL) and is now leading scorer with the Junior A Dryden Ice Dogs in Ontario’s Superior International Junior Hockey League.
Locally, Shawn McBride and Kevin Massy are key members of the Victoria Grizzlies in the BCHL, looking to secure college scholar-ships down the road.
McBride is also captain of this year's Grizzlies squad.
Speaking of local, post-VIJHL life has been good for Braves gradu-ates Jack Palmer and Wade Mur-phy. Palmer, who finished second to Jones in team scoring in 2011-2012 (and won the VIJHL Rookie of the Year award) went on to play two seasons for the Bran-don Wheat Kings in the Western Hockey League (WHL) before being traded to the Victoria Roy-als where he is a dependable cen-tre.
Murphy, who patrolled the ice at Pearkes arena in 2009-2010, went on to play for the Victoria Grizzlies and Penticton Vees in the BCHL, winning the RBC Jr. A national championship, and now skates for the storied University of North Dakota in the NCAA. In 2013, Murphy was selected 185th overall by the Nashville Predators in the NHL Entry Draft.
The Braves were back in action last night (past press time) against the Peninsula Panthers and are at home to the Nanaimo Clippers today, Jan. 2, with a 6:30 p.m. start at Pearkes Arena.
- Christian J. Stewart is a Saan-ich-based communications profes-sional and contributing editor and photographer with Independent Sports News.
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LED lights are leading the way in home lighting trends.
“The biggest trend in home light-ing is LEDs. Everyone wants LEDs,” says Mike McDougall, a certified lighting consultant with McLaren Lighting.
Existing styles of bulbs from halo-gen to flourescent are still in use, but LED lights are longer lasting and more efficient to use.
The last of the incandescent light bulbs, the 40- and 60-watt versions, join the 100-watt bulb in being legis-lated out of existence as of Dec. 31.
LED lights are still the most expen-sive lighting product, but McDougall points out that ”because the price has continued to come down more people are using them.”
LED lights are being incorporated into all styles of light fixtures from desk lamps to chandeliers.
“Victoria is a diverse community for lighting,” says McDougall. “It is very modern but has a strong base for traditional and industrial styles of lighting.
“Craftsman style is also a favou-rite but that is currently morphing into more of a West Coast contem-porary look.”
McLaren Lighting always has clas-sic Tiffany-style lamps in stock as well. McDougall says that “Tiffany style is a small market but one that is always there.”
When asked what customers should keep in mind when purchas-ing lighting for their home, McDou-gall suggests that “living space needs to be lit for the task at hand.”
He reminds buyers that areas such as workspaces need brighter light and to consider that when designing a residence or retro-fitting current lights.
He also suggest that multiple light switches and dimmers are becom-ing a thing of the past. New one-stop key pads give you the ability to control all your lights on one panel and allow you to create preset light-ing conditions for different times of your day.
“You can push one button and have all your lighting change,” he says.
McDougall recommends using experienced staff from a lighting store when purchasing lighting products.
“We’ve done the research and worked with the items in stock,” he says. “We want to be sure the homeowner has the right product for their needs.”
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Mike McDougall, a certified lighting consultant with McLaren Lighting, stands with a display of LED light bulbs, left, and LED lighting in the Douglas Street store.
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“Victoria is a diverse community for lighting,” says McDougall. “It is very modern but has a strong base for traditional and industrial styles of lighting.”
– Mike McDougall
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Picture PerfectCarefree living at its finest. Beautiful, freshly decorated, 1 level spacious2 bed 2 bath townhouse in Broadmead’s desirable Foxborough Hills. It’s1,572 sq ft with many quality features & lovely views over Rithet’s BogPark. Amazing separate clubhouse with pool, exercise room, tennis court& guest suite. No outdoor maintenance. $539,000
Good Morning StarshineCapture the feelings of childhood summers again, and move to thisquarter acre sunny home in Deep Cove, across from the quaint Marina.The lovely home is nestled in very private gardens with views of theocean and Mt.Tuam. Gorgeous new kitchen, windows, hardwoodfloors, and baths! A home for all... Water you waiting for? $629,000
State of the ArtCustom-built Whistler-inspired, 1 Acre Haven. Highly evolved designis evident by controlled skylights, pre-set temperature Schluter showersystem and AH!, a deep Japanese soaker tub. The Master Suite aweswith its Vaulted ceiling, and rain-sensor Skylight. The “piece deresistance” handsome fir doors open 180° to a gorgeous covered deckfor dining al fresco, w/ Sunset Malahat Views! $660,000
A Honey of a Deal Custom 3006sqft home on a useable 1 acre featuring a spacious familyroom, elegant winding oak staircase, amazing lofty ceilings in the LRwith FP and HW flooring. The gourmet kitchen and dining area; offer abuilt-in oven, cook-top, and island for culinary joy. Downstairs the 1 BR‘Sweet’ surely must be the largest ever built! The level entry space offersa very palatable option for today’s families. $675,000
Birds of a FeatherSophisticated Buyers, will flock to this Mid-Century 3/4 bedroomhome, combining all the very best of the era, with modern upgradeslike granite countertops, NEST thermostat, cherry hardwood andLEATHER flooring! Beautiful 1/3 acre sunny backyard; a gardener’sparadise located right in coveted Oak Bay! $720,000
Quality Built Zen Home This well designed 3 bedroom home enjoys a garden view open kitchen,cozy adjoining family room, and rare formal dining room, completewith gorgeous rock fireplace. Custom design is evident in the avante-gard open stairways and straight clean lines of its exterior. Beautifullylandscaped Japanese zen-like terraced backyard takes full advantage ofthe one acre property. Call Now! $750,000
Money, Money, Money!FANTASTIC opportunity. Located in desirable Oak Bay border area.Live in one, and rent the other! The main level retains the 1912 charm,while the upper level is recently updated. 7 ft height bonus inlawaccommodation in the lower area. Main floor presently usedcommercially, current revenue approximately $4643 per month (buyerto verify). Be quick on this one! (Floor Plans Avail) $899,000
Maximum Views with Precision DesignLuxury home w/ breathtaking ocean & mountain views. Precision builtfeaturing a cathedral entrance, smartly designed kitchen, formalsitting/reception rm & family rm. both w. gas fp, and a gracious diningrm. Sumptuous master bed w. generous walk-in closet/dressing rm. &ensuite. Lower level offers self-contained suite & wine celler.$959,000
Baby You Can Drive My Car Amazing executive Oceanfront home features 4397 sqft of open conceptliving including 5 beds (with master suite, walk in closet, fire place &spa like en-suite). Outside offers over 1700 sqft of deck space to takeadvantage of the spectacular views, water front fire pit & patio, hot tub& plenty of space for all toys in the 5 car garage. $1,099,000
You Have Arrived Elegant and stately .72 acre Oceanfront home features Control 4 lightingwhich integrates lighting with music, shades, locks, climate control, andvideo. Enduring construction is seen in the built-in cabinetry, and darkBirch HW placed in a bright ambiance of voluminous rooms. The customkitchen is a worthy match for Jamie Oliver! The convenient locationblends all the best in life seamlessly! $1,099,999
The Balvenie Executive NEW residence on 2.5 acres. Exceptional Quality & featuringluxury finishing throughout; including gourmet kitchen, stunning Greatroom with a double sided indoor-outdoor fireplace, and separate livingareas. Huge windows, triple garage, professional landscaping, and just20 min to the capital city, with proximity to ferries, & the InternationalAirport offers the ultimate in Living! $1,350,000
Wright for Frank Newly updated contemporary Oceanfront masterpiece + dock. Archi-tecturally designed taking advantage of the spectacular private location.Floor to sky windows create a true indoor-outdoor flow. At 3200sqft it will suit most circumstances & incl In Law. Once inside themost discerning buyer will be wowed by the Artistry! $1,499,800
Escape to the CountryA magnificent Schubart designed residence surrounded by 10 acresof natural beauty. Dream kitchen: custom cabinetry, elegant design,superior appliances. 2 excellent BRs & den. The lower floor has adelightful self-contained legal suite. A separate character farm house.Unspoiled beaches, golf courses, amazing outdoors & ocean activities.Just 30-minutes drive to downtown Victoria. $1,549,000
Splendour in the GrassDutch farm house meets West Coast design on this superb scenic 5 acfarm, overlooking Elk lake. Private and picturesque this 4 bed 4 bathwith 3 wings that provide separation for the growing family. Low farmtaxes. 3 excellent multi functional farm buildings. Excellent for horsesand animals. Large veg garden, fruit trees, & fish pond. A splendidcountry property. $1,690,000
Have Your Oceanfront & Swim There Too!Rare south facing Oceanfront offers full sun and Sensational sunsets!Amazing folding wall system opens for an indoor-outdoor feel, easy accessto the beach, and your own mooring buoy. The kitchen sizzles with a covetedInduction cooktop, double-oven, and sit-up counter for guests. Unwind inthe Master suite, or paint in the airy studio. Enjoy the Sauna and relaxing hottub. This is West Coast Living at its very best. $1,698,800
Builder’s Oceanfront DreamRARE opportunity to build an Oceanfront Estate in Victoria BC. This1.24 acre lot in Margaret’s Bay offers 195.5 feet of waterfront, with180° views across Haro Strait to the San Juan Islands. Choice locationprovides a panorama of mountain and island views. The neighbourhoodis serene and private, close to UVIC and all amenities. A blank paletteto create your dream! $1,698,000
A Sea of HoneyAn esteemed, private, south facing 1.24 acre ocean front enclave. Thestunning fjord view of the Saanich Inlet captures an awe-inspiringpeaceful vista. The 4500 sq ft home is rich in potential, and ready forthe next vision. The superb location provides an exceptional oceanorientation with outstanding views of sea & sky. $1,825,000
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Brigadoon, there my Heart Forever Lies.One of the loveliest beach fronts on the Gorge waterway! This 4-levelhome oceanfront home features oak hardwood floors, an open conceptGreat room, and 2 bed extra accommodation. A glassed-in Conservatorycovers a relaxing hot tub. Walk across 1/3 Acre of English countrygardens, down to the water’s edge; launch your canoe from your 130 ftof waterfront. This private Paradise is a mere 15 mins. to Victoriacity centre. $750,000
Hook Your DreamWelcome to an exquisite, completely renewed lakefront Haven with so much to offer, it just has to be seen. Two romantic fireplaces, warm and elegant finishing, views, sunrises; how can we describe the waterside playground oasis that this property is? Pride of ownership is detailed throughout, and when you are not drinking your coffee on the Adirondack chairs overlooking the Lake, you will be luxuriating in the Spa soaker tub-shower ensuite, or happily gazing over the quartzite counters of your Urbana designed kitchen to the magic Blue! $1,298,888
Above and BeyondA Visually Stunning Executive 5237 square foot residence with shimmering 270 degree Ocean Seascapes from Mount Baker to the Olympics; an architectural triumph on three levels. Anchored in a private enclave of superior homes ABOVE Gonzales Bay, the property borders Walbran park for Superior views! Entertain in the open concept View kitchen with cutting edge appliances. Luxuriate in the 800 square foot Master with immense Walk-in, Spa Ensuite, deck, and cosy fireplace.Welcome home!$2,200,000
Magical Mystery TourTOWNER PARK the most exclusive ocean front neighborhood (freehold section). Rare south facing 2.24 acre beach trophy property is one that few can achieve or acquire. Featuring old growth firs and sensational southerly Ocean vistas of the inlet fjord; from the home, sun drenched patios and deck. Orchard, organic vegetable garden and courtyard entry welcomes you to the main one level 4669 square foot home. Splendid living room, teak kitchen, formal and informal dining open to the sunset warm beach below. 36x18 indoor swimming pool.Call to view this Irreplaceable Oceanfront Paradise. $1,680,000
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